EU/ EEA nationals and Swiss nationals who are licensed to practice the profession of a chartered accountancy profession in their home countries may, under certain conditions, become established in Austria to practice their profession on Austrian territory.

• EU/ EEA or Swiss nationality
• The requesting party must have been licensed to work as a management accountant, commercial accountant or payroll accountant in his/her home country.
• Compliance of the requirements regulated by section 8 paragraph 1 WTBG
• Equivalent professional qualification
• Public appointment by the competent authority

No special deadlines need to be observed.

Austrian Chamber of Tax Advisors and Public Accountants ( → KSW) ^{German text}

The request may be submitted personally, in writing or by e-mail to the competent authority.

• Proof of identity;
• Proof of nationality;
• Certificate of qualification of the home member state which entitles the party to work as a professional of a chartered accountancy profession;
• Certificates of the competent authority of the home member state (no more than three months old) stating that the requesting party;
  • is reliable;
  • has not been declared bankrupt;
  • complies with the code of conduct of his/her profession.
• Certificate of the recognition of the professional qualification as defined by Article 11 lit c of the Directive 2005/36/ EG on the recognition of professional qualifications;

There are no fees and charges payable.

No additional information is available.

Sections 2, 3 and 7 of the Wirtschaftstreuhandberufsgesetz (WTBG)

I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding: 

• the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal and objection, as well as on data portability
• the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority
• the responsibilities of the process controller and the data protection officer as per https://datenschutz.stmk.gv.at.

Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy

12 January 2024